Patisserie Redemption
A little bit of history, when I was 11 or 12 I had some good friends who were studying French. Every few months they would go on a field trip to a French patisserie store and come back gloating about the most amazing pastries. I wanted to switch from Indo to French just for those field trips but my language skills were really bad and even custard filled pasties couldn't persuade me to take on the work load of learning French.
Now I'm in Paris the pastries are coming left right and center. Of course my language skills are still no better so when I see Individualle Citrone Tarte I call "Maria! lemon tart, please love" or Millefenille Fraise "Maria! Vanilla slice, please love" and she would go ahead and order in French for me. It works out beautifully!
Now I'm in Paris the pastries are coming left right and center. Of course my language skills are still no better so when I see Individualle Citrone Tarte I call "Maria! lemon tart, please love" or Millefenille Fraise "Maria! Vanilla slice, please love" and she would go ahead and order in French for me. It works out beautifully!
posted by Nigel Soon at 12:53 PM
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You're in Paris and they're still pretending they don't understand English? Even the Metro announcements are in English! (At least, they were when I was there...)
--Russell
(Hey, are you in England next month? I think we are.)
(Hey hey, do you have plans to visit Parc Asterix, or Futuroscope? We're thinking of hitting them next spring.)
(It's past midnight here, on the 11th, so... Happy birthday, Jill!)
--Russell
umm yeah, I didn't forget ;)
HAPPY B'DAY CanSis!
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